Attachment for loom temples



April 20 1926.

- A. CUNNIFF ATTACHMENT FOR LOOM TEMPLES Filed D6028; 1925 2 Sheet-Sheet 1 have April 20 1926.

E. A. CUNNIFF ATTACHMENT FOR LOOM TEMPLES Filed Dec. 8, 1.925 2 sneets-shet 2 war.

Wat?" Patented Apr. 20, 1926.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD A. CUNNIFF, 0F WALTI-IAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

ATTACHMENT FOR LOOM TEMPLES.

Application filed December 8, 1925. Serial No. 74,187.

so that the cloth or fabric in the loom may be fully protected from oil emanating from the temples which would otherwise spatter thereover. 1

It is an object of the invention to provide simple and inexpensive means wherebv existing loom temples, certain parts of which had heretofore been operating without lubrication because of the danger of spattering oil on the cloth, may be well lubricated and the cloth fully protected from damage therefron.

Other objects of the invention will be fully understood from a description of the drawings and the claims hereinafter given.

Of the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a top plan view of a well known loom temple having the in.- vention appliedthereto.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of certain portions of the temple shown in Figure 1 as it appears prior to applyingthe invention thereto.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 33 Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an elevation of the guard or cover removed from the temple, and 100k? ing in the direction of the arrow A Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a view of the guard or cover looking toward the right Figure 4.

Figure 6 is atop plan view of another well known temple having the invention applied thereto.

Figure 7 is a top plan view of certain parts of the temple shown in Figure 6 but showing the cap of the guard or cover removed.

Figure 8 is a section on the line 8+8 Fig ure 6; Figure 9 is a sectionon the line 9+9 pod 14.

Figure 10 is a view of the guard as it would appear when detached from Fig ure 7.

Figure. 11 is a front view of the lower part of the guard detached.

Figure 12 is an elevation of the guard cover or cap detached and looking in the direction of arrow B Figure 6.

Like characters represent like parts [throughout the several figures of'the drawings. V

Referring to the drawings:

The drawings herewith illustrate two forms of the guard or protective device which might be used but it will be understood that it is not the intention to limit the invention to the precise construction and arrangement shown as various changes might be made therein without departing from its spirit and scope.

The temples illustrated herein are two of the best known and most widely used and therefore afford excellent subjects to which to apply the present invention.

Figures 1 to 5 inclusive of the drawings illustrate a temple having a bracket 10 arranged to be secured to the breast beam of a loom, the said bracket having guideways 11 and 12 thereon to slidingly receive the bar 13 which carries the temple head or The said bar 13 is arched at 15 to correspond to a like depression 16 in the bracket 10 which arrangement conveniently houses the spring 17 one end of which abuts a boss 18, see dotted lines Figure 2, upstanding from the bracket 10, the other end abutting a lug 19 depending from the bar 13, see also Figure 3.

The bar 13 is slidably held in place by a hold down member 20 which is held tothe bracket 10 by means-of a screw 21 entering the boss 18 and a screw 22 entering anthe bar with its lug 19 in contactwith the boss 23.

The arrangement ust explained is well known and its popularitj is such that many thousand of these temp es are in use, and

undoubtedly many more would be used but for the fact that when the slide and slideways have beensuliiciently lubricated to preventwear, the cloth or fabric in the- 5 loom would invariably become .spattered with oil and consequently unmarketable.

Because ofthe trouble occasioned by the spattering of oil it hasbeen necessary to discontinue the lubrication of the slide, or

at least to such extent that spattering'thereof ceased, and it has been found that the limited quantityotoil' or lubricantthat could be=used was not sui'ricientto prevent wear, and therefore the great majority of temples *wereoperated with little or no lubrication,

to their detriment.

' "It is an object ofthe present invention to provide 'means'- easily applied to existing temples, bythe use of which they may be freely andsufficiently lubricated, without fear of spattering the cloth, thus prolonging the life and usefulness thereof.

The invention contemplates the use of a guard orcover for certain parts of the .25 temple which should be lubricated, particu- -larlythose parts of tlie sliding barlfl' and thehold' down member 20 closest to=the cloth ortfabric F=,uthe selvage of-which is indi- 'cated'by thedot and idash line X'X of ".307Figure l; and at' therear portion of the bracket 10 Where a portion ofthe bar 13 "terminates and-lsordmarily exposed to View,

* and from which location drops ot oil' -would be forced'whenthe lug 19'was forceably caused to contact with the boss' o3 by the spring 17 when"the dayrecedes from contaetwith the temple heel 26.

" The guard or cover 27 is preferably made of one piece'of thin but stifi metaleither cast or struck up, and shaped to form two chambers, 'which in the 1 present instance communicate with each other, and in which a fibrous material such: as cotton waste or batting is housed.

- =side 'portion'29ytwoshort sideportions 30 I and 31, and a rear end and bottom portion 32 and respectively,

fl-Aportionof the top 28 andthe side portion 30 form a chamber 34 for the housing .of fibrous n'iaterial 35, whilesanother portion of the said top; and the side ,end,' and "'bott'ortrportions-29, 32- 'anc 33arespectively form-another-chamber 36 forthe'housing oi 'fibrous" material.

The top 28 is provided with holes through 'which' the screws and 22 pass thus ob- "viating the'necessity of providingother fas= tening means" for the cover 27 and other 260:1 ho1es 38 and 39 may be provided- 111 the said top" 28 'forthe entrance of a screw driver to engage the screws which secure thebracket 10 to the breast'beam, "not shown. I

From the foregoing it will be readily seen that theguard or cover' may be made of a The guard 27 has a top' portion 28, a deep shape to suit the particular temple with which it is to be used, and that with its use, the guides and slides maybefreely lubricated as the fibrous material will catch and hold any oil that may be splashed or ejected by the moving parts.

' Figures '6 toll inclusive show the inventionarranged to be applied to another well known and popular temple wherein the bar 13* has sliding contact with the base or bracket 10*, which is intended to be secured to the breast beam not'sllown, and'tliecover or hold down 20*.

The said-bar 13*, as will .be seen'by viewing Figure 6 of the drawings-extendsrear- Jwardly beyond the said: bracket lOt and the said cover 20 so that if? the above referred tocontacting parts were lubricated, it will be readily seen that o1l -would= beeJec ted irom the bar housing or cover, a-ncbwould spatter over thecloth inthe' loom.

: In this temple a fair amountofprotection is offered by the cover .20 ,-but :the opening at the rear ot-thehousing through which the bar 13 extendsi's theztroublesome point, e and particularly onvthe side nearest thelcloth the selvage of which is indieatedby-vthe dot and dash line Y"Y Figure 6.

1 In this instance a twospart; guard is made having abottom 33 airear WaILBQX, aside wall 29 and. a frontwallAO; arranged" to provide achamber 34*, whichextendspartly acrossthe rear. of-the bar housing-and paru lyralong the inner side thereoflfor the reception of fibrousmaterial35*,and having a cover 28* seoured thereto byv a bolt 41' which passesthrough holes-inthe hold down 20* already provided.

It will be understoodxthatdependence is not placed'npon the closeziit of=the guard members to thetemple to-prevent the spattering of oil, but rather to the'fact' that the guard functions as a 'holding; means for the "fibrous material which catchesand holds the oil when itspatters, thus-preventing itfrom passing outwardly of the guard-Hand onto the cloth.

Having described the invention I-claim 1.:As. an article o'E-manufacture, a. guard membeivarranged to be attached ton-existing loom te1nples5ai1d arranged tohold aquantity of fibrous material whereby lubricant spattered by a loom -temple will be caught by oil ejected from said temple during the operation thereof will be caught and held by said material.

4. The combination of a loom temple having exposed slide bearings from which lubricant may be ejected during the operation thereof, and a guard for said bearings comprising a thin metallic body arranged to be secured to the temple by existing means, and in conjunction therewith to provide a chamber for the reception of fibrous material whereby lubricant ejected from saidbearings will be caught and held by said fibrous material.

5. The combination of a loom temple having exposed slide bearings from which lubricant may be ejected during the operation thereof, and a guard for said bearings comprising a thin metallic body arranged to be secured to the temple on the cloth side thereof by existing screws, and in conjunction with said temple arranged to form a chamber for the reception of fibrous material, and fibrous material in said chamber whereby lubricant ejected from said bearings will be caught and held by said material.

Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts, I

this 5th day of December, 1925.

EDWARD A. CUNNIFF. 

